Jafarabad (sometimes Zafarabad) is a town and
nagar panchayat
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in
Jaunpur district
Jaunpur district is a district in the Varanasi Division of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The district headquarters is Jaunpur which is situated on the banks of the Gomti River. It is located 228 km southeast of the state capital Luc ...
in the
India
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state
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of
Uttar Pradesh
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.
Demographics
As of
2011 Indian Census
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, Jafarabad had a total population of 10,792, of which 5,578 were males and 5,214 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 1,595. The total number of literates in Jafarabad was 6,897, which constituted 63.9% of the population with male literacy of 71.1% and female literacy of 56.3%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Jafarabad was 75.0%, of which male literacy rate was 84.0% and female literacy rate was 65.5%. The
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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population was 1,374 and 27 respectively. Jafarabad had 1497 households in 2011.
As of the
2001 Census of India
The 2001 Census of India was the 14th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871.
The population of India was counted as 1,028,737,436 consisting of 532,223,090 males and 496,514,346 females. Total population increased by 18 ...
, Jafarabad had a population of 8,801. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Jafarabad has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 48%. In Jafarabad, 20% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Travel
Zafarabad (IR Station code ZBD) is an important railway junction station under Allahabad division of
Northern Railway (India)
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Officially notified as a new railway zone on 14 April 1952, i ...
zone of Indian Railways.
It connects
Jaunpur Junction on north direction,
Janghai junction,
Phaphamau
Phaphamau is a satellite locality/township of the city of Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, located on either side of Prayagraj-Lucknow highway. It lies on the banks of the Ganga
The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( ...
Junction,
Allahabad of east direction,
Varanasi
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Junction on south-east direction and
Sultanpur junction on North-west direction.
Indian railways
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References
Cities and towns in Jaunpur district
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